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The bird, which is a national icon of New Zealand, takes its name from the Māori language. During the 19th century, New Zealand English gained many loanwords from the Māori language . [ 1 ] The use of Māori words in New Zealand English has increased since the 1990s, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and English-language publications increasingly use macrons to ...
tāngata whenua: native people of a country or region, i.e. the Māori in New Zealand (literally 'people of the land') [12] tapu: sacred, taboo; to be avoided because of this; (a cognate of the Tongan tabu, origin of the English borrowing of taboo) tangi: to mourn; or, a funeral at a marae; taniwha: mythical water monster
The culture of New Zealand is a synthesis of indigenous Māori, colonial British, and other cultural influences.The country's earliest inhabitants brought with them customs and language from Polynesia, and during the centuries of isolation, developed their own Māori and Moriori cultures.
The English and Maori versions of the treaty contain key differences, complicating its application and interpretation, some observers say. To address this, over the last 50 years, lawmakers ...
Deutsch: Maori (Māori) mit der ursprünglichen Häuptlingskleidung aus gefiederter Vogelhaut und mit Maori Tattoos im Gesicht. Gesehen in Rotorua, Neuseeland. Gesehen in Rotorua, Neuseeland. English: Maori (Māori) with the original chief's clothing made of feathered bird skin and with Maori tattoos on the face.
The Māori language of the indigenous Māori people has been an official language by statute since 1987, with rights and obligations to use it defined by the Maori Language Act 1987. [24] It can, for example, be used in legal settings, such as in court, but proceedings are recorded in only in English, unless private arrangements are made and ...
The English word Maori is a borrowing from the Māori language, where it is spelled Māori.In New Zealand, the Māori language is often referred to as te reo [tɛ ˈɾɛ.ɔ] ("the language"), short for te reo Māori ("the Māori language").
New Zealand’s central bank chief defended its use of the Maori language in official communications on Wednesday, as the country’s new centre-right government looks to roll back the use of the ...